{"podcast":{"title":"Exploration Crochet","slug":"exploration-crochet-7471723","podcast_index_feed_id":7471723,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/exploration-crochet/","website_url":"https://crochetpodcast.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/55dd799d-432b-4ca9-ab29-e19cb60cc3d4/SQ-CoverArt.jpg","author":"ReRe","episode_count":31,"summary":"Exploration Crochet is a storytelling podcast that dives deep into the art, history, and culture of crochet—exploring the craft itself as an evolving art form that connects stitches to stories, makers to math, and yarn to humanity. Hosted by ReRe of the Yarn Over Hook Network, each episode unravels fascinating threads—from folklore and fiber science to fairs, community and culture, and the future of handmade craft. It’s part history lesson, part maker’s circle, and all heart—celebrating crochet as both a creative act and a living tradition.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-11T08:17:39.882241+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/exploration-crochet-7471723"},"episode":{"title":"Crochet People pt 1:  Mlle. Eleonore Riego de la Branchardière | S2 Ep4","slug":"crochet-people-pt-1-mlle-eleonore-riego-de-la-branchardi-re-s2-ep4","published_at":"2026-01-29T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/exploration-crochet-7471723/crochet-people-pt-1-mlle-eleonore-riego-de-la-branchardi-re-s2-ep4","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/exploration-crochet-7471723","url":"https://exploration-crochet.captivate.fm/episode/crochet-people-pt-1-mlle-eleonore-riego-de-la-branchardiere-s2-ep4","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/49739c17-e35d-4242-8795-d37f1043d414.mp3","summary":"In this kickoff episode of Crochet: A Chain of Events — The People , ReRe introduces the Victorian-era publisher and pattern powerhouse Mlle. Eleonore Riego de la Branchardière , one of the earliest figures to make crochet reproducible at scale. We explore how crochet spread globally not just because it was clever, but because it became standardized, teachable, publishable, and commercially distributed. We look at how Riego treated patterns as professional intellectual property, protecting her works through mechanisms like Stationers’ Hall registration and “right of translation” notices. We unpack her public-facing brand—from Great Exhibition prestige and “registered designs” to royal appointment marketing, and explore her creative range from raised floral “rose” motifs to geometric star designs and “tricot” (early Tunisian/afghan-style) warmth for winter wear, and finally how she marketed \"imitation lace\" to democratize luxury for the middle class. We will ground the story in historical truth: the deepest roots of crochet belong to innovators who were anonymous, mostly working-class women sharing knowledge across generations. Named figures like Riego rise in the record because their work was printed, preserved, and funded—so this episode holds both truths at once: crochet is collective intelligence, and Riego helped make that intelligence portable. LINKS | Tip ReRe a tea at https://ko-fi.com/explorationcrochet Books by Riego de la Branchardière, Eléonore (6): Project Gutenburg - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/33346 The Crochet Book Archive (17): The Crochet Book was a series of numbered books on crochet by Eléonore Riego de la Branchardière - https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=crochetriego SOUND ATTRIBUTION | YOH Tune | https://dova-s.jp/E…","meta_description":"In this kickoff episode of Crochet: A Chain of Events — The People , ReRe introduces the Victorian-era publisher and pattern powerhouse Mlle. Eleonore Rie…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1621,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/exploration-crochet-7471723/episodes/crochet-people-pt-1-mlle-eleonore-riego-de-la-branchardi-re-s2-ep4/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/exploration-crochet-7471723/crochet-people-pt-1-mlle-eleonore-riego-de-la-branchardi-re-s2-ep4.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}